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US 10,847,555 · App. 16/145,008 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Imaging device with microlens having particular focal point

Inventors: Akio Nakajun (Osaka, JP); Shota Yamada (Shiga, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01L27/14603H01L27/14627H01L27/14634H01L27/14636H01L27/14645H01L27/14665H01L51/44H01L27/14621
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Patent No.
US 10,847,555
App. No.
16/145,008
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate having a first surface; a microlens located above the first surface of the semiconductor substrate; and one or more photoelectric converters located between the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and the microlens, each of the one or more photoelectric converters including a first electrode, a second electrode located closer to the microlens than the first electrode is, and a photoelectric conversion layer that is located between the first electrode and the second electrode and that converts light into electric charges, wherein a focal point of the microlens is located below a lowermost surface of the photoelectric conversion layer of a first photoelectric converter, the first photoelectric converter being located closest to the first surface of the semiconductor substrate among the one or more photoelectric converters.

Claims (12)

1. An imaging device comprising:

a semiconductor substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface;

a microlens located closer to the first surface than to the second surface; and

a first photoelectric converter located between the first surface and the microlens, the first photoelectric converter including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a photoelectric conversion layer that is located between the first electrode and the second electrode and that converts light into electric charges, wherein

the first photoelectric converter is the closest of any photoelectric converter existing between the first surface and the microlens to the first surface, and

a focal point of the microlens is located between a lowermost surface of the photoelectric conversion layer of the first photoelectric converter and the first surface of the semiconductor substrate.

2. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising

a wiring layer located between the first surface of the semiconductor substrate and the photoelectric conversion layer of the first photoelectric converter, wherein

the focal point of the microlens is overlapped with the wiring layer in a plan view.

3. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising a color filter located between the microlens and the first photoelectric converter.

4. The imaging device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second photoelectric converter located between the first photoelectric converter and the microlens.

5. The imaging device according to claim 1 , wherein the photoelectric conversion layer includes an organic material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2019
From: NAKAJUN, AKIO; YAMADA, SHOTA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 048511/0449 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-200556 · Oct 16, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190115378A1 · Apr 18, 2019